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1 day ago · The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
8 hours ago · He was named Louis Dieudonné (Louis the God-given) and bore the traditional title of French heirs apparent: Dauphin. At the time of his birth, his parents had been married for 23 years. His mother had experienced four stillbirths between 1619 and 1631. Leading contemporaries thus regarded him as a divine gift and his birth a miracle of God.
8 hours ago · The temple was designed to serve as both tomb and temple, some say partially at Hatshepsut’s adamance of her divine right to rule as a Pharoah. Architecturally however there are significant signs she believed the honouring of her God, Amun was still more important than immortalising her life in the same ego as her predecessors.
8 hours ago · Bouake, 25 July, 2024 / 6:55 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Robert Cissé, the Local Ordinary of Mali’s Sikasso Diocese, as Archbishop of the country’s Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako, and Bishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, the Apostolic Administrator of the Bouaké Catholic Archdiocese, as the Local Ordinary of the same in Ivorian Metropolitan See.
8 hours ago · This difference with European countries stems from a particularly strict interpretation of secularism in France, explained Błuś. “It’s really something very, very French . . . We really believe that the way this concept is being used is really just an excuse for French authorities to target certain people.
8 hours ago · Country rocker Cory Marks enlisted some hard rock and country icons to assist him on his newly released single, “(Make My) Country Rock“.On the rock front, that song features guest spots from Godsmack frontman Sully Erna, and estranged Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars.
